Brazil's Planning Minister Romero Juca attends a news conference in Brasilia, Brazil, May 20, 2016. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's interim government was rocked on Monday by the loss of one of its key figures, Planning Minister Romero Juca, who stepped aside amid accusations he had conspired to obstruct the country's biggest-ever corruption investigation.
Interim President Michel Temer was counting on Juca, a close confidant and experienced senator, to steer a budget bill through Congress to avoid a government shutdown next month.
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